Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB239: Requiring judges to invite amicus briefing and allow intervention in certain civil cases
Status: Vetoed, May 12, 2025
What the bill says
An act providing for governing bodies to file amicus briefs and to intervene in actions challenging subdivision applications in district court; and amending sections 76-3-625 and 76-25-503, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR GOVERNING BODIES TO FILE AMICUS BRIEFS AND TO INTERVENE IN ACTIONS CHALLENGING SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS IN DISTRICT COURT; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 76-3-625 AND 76-25-503, MCA. Section 1. Section 76-3-625, MCA, is amended to read: "76-3-625. Violations -- actions against governing body -- amicus brief -- intervention. (1) A person who has filed with the governing body an application for a subdivision under this chapter may bring an action in district court to sue the governing body to recover actual damages caused by a final action, decision, or order of the governing body or a regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter within 180 days of the final action, decision, order, or adoption of a regulation. The governing body's decision, based on the record as a whole, must be sustained unless the decision being challenged is arbitrary, capricious, or unlawful. (2) (a) A party identified in subsection (3) who is aggrieved by a decision of the governing body to approve, conditionally approve, or deny an application and preliminary plat for a proposed subdivision may, within 30 days from the date of the written decision, appeal to the district court in the county in which the property involved is located to challenge the approval, imposition of conditions, or denial of the preliminary plat. (b) A party identified in subsection (3) …
Sponsors
- Mandeville, Forrest (R, 28) · primary sponsor
- Overstreet, Greg (R, 88)
Latest actions
- : (S) Vetoed by Governor
- : (S) Transmitted to Governor
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (S) Returned from Enrolling
- : (S) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 54 yea, 45 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 54 yea, 45 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 24, 2025): 31 yea, 18 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 21, 2025): 34 yea, 16 nay, passed
Subjects: Judges and Justices, Courts, Planning, Local Government
Common questions
- What is SB239?
- SB239 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Requiring judges to invite amicus briefing and allow intervention in certain civil cases.
- What does SB239 do?
- In its own words: An act providing for governing bodies to file amicus briefs and to intervene in actions challenging subdivision applications in district court; and amending sections 76-3-625 and 76-25-503, mca.
- What is the status of SB239?
- Vetoed as of May 12, 2025. Latest action: (S) Vetoed by Governor (May 12, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB239?
- Mandeville, Forrest (R, 28), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB239?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0019
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